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Ratnamalavadana [sanskrit]
83,177 words | ISBN-10: 8172702957 | ISBN-13: 9788172702953
The Sanskrit edition of the Ratnamalavadana: a collection of Buddhist stories (avadana) belonging to the Mahayana tradition. Literally, “a garland of precious gems” or “a collection of edifying tales”, these 38 stories revolve around king Ashoka and the monk Upagupta. Original titles: Ratnamālāvadāna (रत्नमालावदान), Ratnamālā-āvadāna (रत्नमाला-आवदान, Ratnamala-avadana)
Verse 37.25
आसीत्तत्समये तत्र वाराणस्यां गृहाधिपः ।
धर्मध्वजाभिधः श्रेष्ठी दाता साधुर्महाजनः ॥ २५ ॥ {२५}
āsīttatsamaye tatra vārāṇasyāṃ gṛhādhipaḥ |
dharmadhvajābhidhaḥ śreṣṭhī dātā sādhurmahājanaḥ || 25 || {25}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.25 is contained in the book Ratnamalavadana by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (37.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tatra, Varanasi, Grihadhipa, Dharmadhvaja, Abhi, Dha, Shreshthin, Datri, Data, Sadhu, Mahajana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.25). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “āsīttatsamaye tatra vārāṇasyāṃ gṛhādhipaḥ ”
- āsīt -
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√ās (verb class 2)[aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]√as (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- tatsamaye -
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- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vārāṇasyām -
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vārāṇasī (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- gṛhādhipaḥ -
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gṛhādhipa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “dharmadhvajābhidhaḥ śreṣṭhī dātā sādhurmahājanaḥ || 25 |”
- dharmadhvajā -
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dharmadhvaja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dharmadhvaja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dharmadhvajā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- abhi -
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abhi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]abhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]abhi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]abhī (noun, masculine)[adverb]abhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhaḥ -
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dha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]dhā (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- śreṣṭhī -
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śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dātā -
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dātṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]dātā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√dā (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]√dā (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]√dā (verb class 2)[periphrastic-future active third single]√dā (verb class 4)[periphrastic-future active third single]√dai (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]√de (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- sādhur -
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sādhu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mahājanaḥ -
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mahājana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 25